Piste Quotes & Sayings

Even knaves may be made good for something. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere. — Adam Schiff

He said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life — Margot Livesey

Gosh darn it," Gau said, "if you don't try, you'll never succeed." 10. — Malcolm Gladwell

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader! — Tess Gerritsen

In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and biographers. But in my culture the past lives. My people feel this way in part because death does not separate us from our ancestors. — Miriam Makeba

She wasn't reading Deathly Hallows at all. Her book wasn't orange but rose and water and sand, and featured a kid on a broomstick and white unicorn. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. She didn't notice me staring at her. 'Oh, I envy you,' I thought, but was smiling for her. She had just begun. — Melissa Anelli

Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones. — Gunter Grass

Fall leaves are brilliant with gold and red. You can cup them in your hand and wonder at them, be amazed at their uniqueness and glory. But eventually they are gone, brown, crumbling, scattered on the wind. But the tree remains. The tree is what is important. The tree lives on. That was a difficult knowledge to bear, and an even more difficult life to live. Of course, being the leaf wasn't exactly desirable either. — Rob Thurman

I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised. Sir — Richard Branson

Satan will try to use our memory of any previous guilt to lure us back ... We must be ever vigilant to avoid his enticements — Richard G. Scott

Death means you are in the third person. — Michael Ondaatje

I believe that the 'dark night of the soul' is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith. — Julia Cameron

Authoritative interpretations of the First Amendment guarantees have consistently refused to recognize an exception for any test of truth whether administered by judges, juries, or administrative officials and especially one that puts the burden of proving truth on the speaker. — William J. Brennan